title: Visual literacy in the online environment.
abstract: Visual literacy combines words and graphics to enhance learning. Students are immersed in digital literacy and multimodal learning; therefore, it is important for educators to embrace visual literacy and strike out beyond printed text, PowerPoint slides, and discussion boards. This article describes the use of visual literacy as a tool to enhance student learning. An example demonstrating the application of visual literacy to teach transcultural nursing in an online environment is provided. The Web site containing a copy of the visual literacy teaching tool is also available to readers.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Tennessee, 120 Volunteer Boulevard, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. ksmixer@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sandra J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Mixer
authors.forename: Marilyn R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: McFarland
authors.forename: Leigh Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: McInnis
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001296:Audiovisual Aids / Q000592:standards*; D003142:Communication; D003196:Computer Graphics / Q000592:standards*; D003197:Computer Literacy; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018961:Educational Technology; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009862:Online Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011588:Psychology, Educational; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education; D014743:Videotape Recording